An RNA polymerase II promoter in the hsp70 locus of Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1220-1230

  Lee, Mary Gwo Shu ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPISOME; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

FELIS CATUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0030027824     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.3.1220     Document Type: Article

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